Today I want to talk about something else along similar lines.  Would you be willing to buy prescription medicine from another country?

It is amazing how inexpensive medications from other countries are, compared to costs in the United States.

A friend and I were talking about this situation the other day.  She is an intelligent woman and has had a difficult time finding a doctor that knows half of what she’s learned by her diligent research on the Internet.  She was sick for a long time, going from doctor after doctor trying to find answers but was unsuccessful until she took matters into her own hands.   It took hours and hours of research on her part to narrow down exactly what was going on with her.

Sometimes I think we expect too much from doctors, some people expect them to have all the answers, and if they don’t they fire them and find a new doctor.  On the other hand there are the doctors that don’t think their patients have a brain, and don’t want to hear that they’ve been on the Internet or they make fun of them (been there, done that).

When my friend finally pieced everything together she was able to pinpoint the kind of doctor she needed and luckily she found a good doctor that was willing to read the studies and take a chance to try the healing protocol that my friend had learned about.

Not too long after that she started to feel better.  A lot better.  All those years, all that money, all those doctors, a few even accusing her right to her face of being a hypochondriac.

One thing she learned in her research is that the generic version of the medication she needed to take was not effective for most people, so she needed the name brand.   Her health insurance co-pay was $15 for the generic, but $65 for the name brand.

She’d known it was possible to drive down to the border and get almost anything you want.  She was uncomfortable with that, but eventually she learned that it was actually possible to order her medication online from countries like Mexico or India.

The kicker is that she could buy a three month supply for $65.  If she used her health insurance it would have cost her $195.  If she didn’t have insurance, it would have cost hundreds.  The medication from the other country was actually a stronger dose than the name brand here in the United States.  She’s not rich, and that’s a pretty big savings.  $65 vs. $195?  That’s awfully tempting.

What’s a frugal person to do when confronted with a situation like that?  If you found your medication could be bought from another country at 1/3 the cost would you consider it?

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